as in corpse
a dead body medical students who train by using cadavers

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Recent Examples of cadaver Detectives swept the area with cadaver dogs to search for additional human remains. Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Each season also starts with a flashforward glimpse of a corpse, the question of course being who is the cadaver and more importantly who made it. Joe Joyce, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025 These researches obtained and analyzed tissue from cadavers from 2016 and 2024. Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025 An extensive search was done over the weekend, including cadaver dogs, drones, and a dive team, but no additional clues turned up, authorities said. Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cadaver
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corpse
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  • Aides played a propaganda video, and Trump held up a photograph of body bags which, according to Reuters, actually showed aid workers burying corpses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
  • When a young family member takes over the business, ethics go out the window as corpses are defiled, organs are sold, gold teeth are pulled, and people are maybe even murdered.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025

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“Cadaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadaver. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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